Question

I wrote this just to test the “Property” function. However, I am getting a bug in the get_name function. I’d appreciate any help.

#The Property Critter
#Using New Classes vs Old Classes:

class Critter (object):
    def __init__ (self, name):
        print "A new critter has been born."
        self.__name = name

    def get_name (self):
        return self.__name

    def set_name (self, new_name):
        if new_name == "":
            print "The name can't be blank. Ass."
        else:
            self.__name = new_name
            print "Namt change successful."

name = property (get_name, set_name)

crit = Critter ("Pooch Dog")
print crit.name
crit.name = "Mad Dog"
print crit.name

Answer 1

You need to indent your name = property (get_name, set_name) so that it is part of your Critter class:

class Critter (object):
    def __init__ (self, name):
        print "A new critter has been born."
        self.__name = name

    def get_name (self):
        return self.__name

    def set_name (self, new_name):
        if new_name == "":
            print "The name can't be blank. Ass."
        else:
            self.__name = new_name
            print "Namt change successful."

    name = property (get_name, set_name)

crit = Critter ("Pooch Dog")
print crit.name
crit.name = "Mad Dog"
print crit.name